This week, reality TV personality Kourtney Kardashian announced she was pregnant. While this typically wouldn’t be earth shattering news, what I found interesting was that she freely talked about her decision to keep the baby, even after receiving advice from friends to get an abortion.
Kardashian said, “For me, all the reasons why I wouldn’t keep the baby were so selfish: It wasn’t like I was raped, it’s not like I’m 16. I’m 30 years old, I make my own money, I support myself, I can afford to have a baby. And I am with someone who I love, and have been with for a long time.” (from CNN article, http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/19/kourtney.kardashian.baby/index.html ).
Kardashian related that she read a lot of information from women who had abortions and later regretted it. Her doctor told her that she wouldn’t regret keeping the baby, but she might regret aborting the child. She ultimately decided to keep the baby and is due in December.
Kudos to her for talking about the issue and not sweeping it under the rug, and for acknowledging that there are consequences for aborting a child just for convenience sake.
yes, I whole heartedly agree. she is considering the decision with the weight that it deserves. so often the pro-choice side’s propaganda sways people into believing they are exercising a “basic women’s right”… but I was thrilled to see she is calling abortion what it is- it is ending a child’s life.
if more people in our society considered and discussed abortion with that type of acknowledgement and consideration for human life… abortion would become less common and less of a “trendy” choice- that the pro-choice side has made it out to be.
I thought it was interesting that her doctor acknowledged that she may regret aborting it – that is pretty strong language when the woman is trying to decide. I think it is accurate, but it took some guts to do it.